Definitions for consent

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consent con·sent

Spelling: [kuh n-sent]

IPA: /kənˈsɛnt/

Consent is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in consent (cennost).

Definitions for consent

noun

1. permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
2. agreement in sentiment, opinion, a course of action, etc.:
3. Archaic. accord; concord; harmony.

verb (used without object)

1. to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often followed by to or an infinitive):
2. Archaic. to agree in sentiment, opinion, etc.; be in harmony.

Origin of consent

1175-1225; (v.) Middle English consenten Anglo-French, Old French consentir Latin consentīre (see consensus); (noun) Middle English Anglo-French, Old French, nou

Examples for consent

At the time the straight age of consent was 16, and it was 21 for gay men.

I would never have married him, if I had known—without your consent, I mean.

The committee recommended a single—and simple—principle be applied to the law, that of consent.

consent is manufactured—like, remember the Ebola crisis from a few weeks ago?

Do be on your guard—'if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.'

She looked about to the others as if asking their consent to tell the story.

Doctors have long wrestled with the age of consent when it comes to mature adolescents.

Since when is a loud noise the only sign of resistance and lack of consent?

She would not consent to this marriage; but I carried the day, and my word is given.

Well, let him become a doctor, and I will consent to the marriage.